Member of Parliament Austin Samupwa urges Namibians to honour Cassinga heroes beyond annual ritual.

He made the remarks during the Cassinga Day commemoration at Kamupupu village in the Kavango West Region.

As Namibia marked 47 years since the Cassinga Massacre, a sombre chapter in the country's path to independence, some of the survivors recalled the events that transpired on that fateful day.

Some of the survivors of the 4th of May massacre still bear physical scars.

Namibian history tells us how the victims of the Cassinga attack ducked for cover in a desperate effort to escape with their lives on that fateful day. To this day the memories of the events from 45 years ago are still deeply embedded in the minds of those who survived the horrific ordeal.